Abstract: (arXiv)
The various motivations for improving the perturbative prediction to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) for basic scattering processes in proton-(anti)proton, electron-proton and electron-positron scattering are discussed in detail. Recent progress in the field of next-to-next-to-leading order calculations is reviewed.
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  • Latex 9 pages, 2 postscript embedded figures, JHEP class, Based on invited talks at 6th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections, Application of Quantum Field Theory to Phenomenology (RADCOR 2002) and 6th Zeuthen Workshop on Elementary Particle Theory (Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory) Kloster Banz, Germany, 8th - 13th Sep 2002 and 14th Topical Conference on Hadron Collider Physics (HCP 2002), Karlsruhe, Germany, 29th Sep - 4th Oct 2002
  • talk: Karlsruhe 2002/09/29
  • talk: Kloster Banz 2002/09/08
  • p p: interaction
  • anti-p p: interaction
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • renormalization
  • factorization